Type-writing machine.



I PATENTED MAY 26, 1908 J. 'G. MOLAUGHLIN. TYPE WRITING MACHINE.APPLICATION IILED JULY 9, 1907.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN G. MCLAUGHLIN, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO.UNDERWOO]TYPE-- WRITER COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY:Y

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' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented may 2c, "1908.

Application filed July 9, 1907. Serial no. 382,828. 4

To all whom it may-concern Be it known that I', JOHN.C.-MCLAUGI1LIN,I acitizen of the United States, residing in .Jersey City, inthe county ofHudson" and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements; in- Type- -Writing Machines, of which the following is a secification. I,

his invention relates to card-holders for use on the c lindrical platenof a typewriter, .and particuarly to means for securing the holder.

The o'b'ect of the and sim ii ing the o1 eru on the aten. Tothis end Iprovide a hoo or latcii'to. catch under the pub of the platen,fand -afinger-piece there- In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 invention isto improve 2 0'is' a, front elevation of a typewriter platen showing myimproved device applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a view ofthe right-hand endof .Fig. 1. .Fig. ;3 is a,-view of the left-hand end of "Fig. 1 showingthe latch released. Fig. 4 is 25. a viewsimilar to Fig. 3 but showingthelatch locked. Fig. 5 is a perspective of the card-holder.-

1 indicates thelaten mounted u on a shaft 2 by means'of' 'ubs 3.The'card-ii sheet. metal running alo and conforming to the curvatureof,:the p aten, and having card-holding teeth 4 said strip having an arm5 at. each end and said 'armsextendin down over the heads of the platen,an

. forked as at 6, to straddle "the hubs 30f the platen. The end of oneof said'arms is provided with claws 7 which catch over i'lhah gltldatypewriter,

.8 of the platen to securefthe holder. other arm is provided with a hookor latch 9 pivoted thereto above the forked portion, as at 1,0, andcatching under the platen hub tolock th holder in place, said hookhaving finger-piece 11 at its upper end for swinging 4:; it into and outofengagement with said hub. To release the ho der, the fingeriece ispressed forwardly, .thereby t e hook rea'rwardly from the Fig. MO the i.3 posi tion, therebyreleasing this end-of t ecard'- holder from end,the claws 7' slip off from the platen head-.8. To replace theholder, theoperation is reversed.

' platen, of a hook the means for releasably .'secur-.

'. card-holder to, catc older 30, 4 comprises a card-holding strip 4 ofspringy 'dri'cal platen of a typ .t'ion with a card-hold ng strip platenhead. the platen. Upon liftingsaid:

It willlbes'een thatthe entire latch, ineluding the finger-piece, isbelow the top of the laten, or'withm the cylindrical contour of t e.platen, so th-atan willnot interfere with t feeding around the platen.1I -I av1ng thus-describedmy invention, 1 0 mm:

1. In av card-holder for use on the cylina 'drical platen of.atypewriter, the combination wrth'a card-holding strip of sheet metalrunning along the platen and having both ends forked to straddle thehubs of the pivoted to; one end-of the under the platen-hub to lock theholder in place; the'other end of said card-holder having claws to catchunder the platen head.

2. In a card-holder for use on the cylindrical platen of a typ tlon witha card-holding stri I of sheet metal running alongsaid platen an having.its ends forked and bent to straddle the hub of the *platen,

of a hook pivoted tonne of said ends part. of the latch. e paper whichis ewriter, the combmaabove the forked portion and catching under theplaten-hub to lock the holder in place, and a fin er-piece for swingingthehoo the other-en havingmeans to catch under the platen head.

3. In acard-holder for use on the cylin ewriter, thecombinaof sheetmetal running along said platen an having its ends forked and bent tostraddle the hub of the platen, .of a hook pivoted to one ofsaid en s tocatch un'der' -t e platen hub, to lock tl. holder in place, the otherofsaid ends having claws to catch u'nder'the head of'the' platen.

4.. In a card-eholder for. use on the platen of ing strip of metalhaving arms at its ends extending down over the platen-heads, anda latchpivoted to one of said arms to catch under the hub of the platen,saidlatch having a finger-piece at its up er end; the latch andfinger-{piece being w1t tour .0 the platen, and the other of said armsprovided means JOHN C. MOLAUGHLIN.

Witnesses:

' K. Faamcroanfl JOHN 0. San ana.

in thecylindrical conto catch upon the thecombination of a card-hold-

